Effect of preoperative low serum albumin on postoperative complications and early mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement | Zendy

Asmae Gassa | Zendy; Jan Hendrik Borghardt | Zendy; Johanna Maier | Zendy; Kathrin Kuhr | Zendy; Maximilian Michel | Zendy; Svenja Ney | Zendy; Kaveh Eghbalzadeh | Zendy; Anton Sabashnikov | Zendy; Tanja K. Rudolph | Zendy; Stephan Baldus | Zendy; Navid Mader | Zendy; Thorsten Wahlers | Zendy

Open Access

Effect of preoperative low serum albumin on postoperative complications and early mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Author(s) -

Asmae Gassa,

Jan Hendrik Borghardt,

Johanna Maier,

Kathrin Kuhr,

Maximilian Michel,

Svenja Ney,

Kaveh Eghbalzadeh,

Anton Sabashnikov,

Tanja K. Rudolph,

Stephan Baldus,

Navid Mader,

Thorsten Wahlers

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.30

Subject(s) - medicine , albumin , serum albumin , stenosis , surgery , aortic valve stenosis , acute kidney injury , retrospective cohort study , aortic valve replacement , gastroenterology , cardiology

Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are mostly elderly patients with substantial comorbidities. Established risk scores are not validated for TAVR and collectives with elderly patients making periprocedural risk stratification difficult. Serum albumin is known to be an indicator for malnutrition and frailty and is simple to measure, independent of physician's bias. Using serum albumin as a preoperative marker for postoperative complications might help estimating morbidity and mortality of these patients.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research